Given name & surname
Kapono
“a righteous man”
Kapono is used as a given name and a surname. One Hawaiian interpretation is “a righteous man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hawaiian interpretation is “a righteous man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hawaiian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1981. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kapono through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 211
- 211 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,330 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,330 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 15 in 2011. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 219 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kapono’s family of names
In Greek usage, Kapono as a surname is a transliteration of Καπόνο.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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